Keep not standing fixed and rooted. Briskly venture, briskly roam.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

the ego likes to emphasize the 'otherness' of others

And fairy tales are make-believe. They are the stories we tell to small children to make them believe the world is a far better place than it really is.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.

Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be worthy of receiving it.

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.

The beauty's in the scars.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.